The company I work for was bought out by another bigger company which I will refer to as Corporate. A company I have past experience with. A month ago, our building had beautiful paintings and pictures made by local artists and photographers all over the walls, potted plants everywhere, furniture, bookshelves. The walls were a light beige and five very close parking spaces reserved for recognized employees every month.
After the buyout, all paintings and pictures were taken down, replaced by corporate “values” of hard work and commitment painted on the walls which are now a bland grey. Windows were covered up to not distract from work. The five star employee spots are now only reserved for Corporate employees. Long time employees are being removed from their own offices and forced to give them up to Corporate liaisons who regard us like second class citizens enough to shove us into tiny cubicles.
We weren’t integrated, Corporate employees walk around with their own badges and the first question they will ask is “Are you Corporate?” If you answer no, they will almost always frown, ask you to do something outside of your job description like a favor or roll their eyes at you. They have the audacity to yell at us in the break room when we laugh and talk “too loud” on our lunch. Fuck corporate companies like this.